Landscaping Ideas that Work

Out is in! In recent years, there’s been a boom in building and refurbishing outdoor rooms and spaces. More and more, homeowners, landscape designers, and builders are transforming backyards, side yards, and patios into comfortable, attractive, and usable living spaces that provide a beautiful setting and improve curb appeal. Landscaping Ideas that Work is the most comprehensive resource of inspired design ideas and practical solutions for all landscaping and outdoor living spaces. With practical design advice as well as over 350 innovative ideas and photographs, this is the only sourcebook you’ll ever need for smart design, buying, and installation decisions for your outdoor digs.

Extend your living space to the great outdoors with Landscaping Ideas that Work . Landscaping often involves the harmonious design of many disparate elements, which creates confusion and inertia for homeowners who are trying to decide not only what to do, but where to start. Landscaping Ideas that Work covers front, back, and side yards, and provides you with strategies for combining elements and creating spaces that work for you and your home; innovative ideas for transforming all aspects of your yard into inviting outdoor spaces; and designs for more sustainable landscapes and gardens.

Learn how to fully design your landscape as well as create:

  • Spaces that work
  • Open air rooms
  • Fences, walls, and hedges
  • Paths and walkways
  • Plantings
  • Details in the landscape

Landscape Ideas that Work offers you a practical guide to landscaping materials and design considerations as well as tips for working with professionals. So, get out there, soak in some vitamin D, and enjoy the cozy feeling of home even when you’re outside.

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Landscaping Ideas that Work

Out is in! In recent years, there’s been a boom in building and refurbishing outdoor rooms and spaces. More and more, homeowners, landscape designers, and builders are transforming backyards, side yards, and patios into comfortable, attractive, and usable living spaces that provide a beautiful setting and improve curb appeal. Landscaping Ideas that Work is the most comprehensive resource of inspired design ideas and practical solutions for all landscaping and outdoor living spaces. With practical design advice as well as over 350 innovative ideas and photographs, this is the only sourcebook you’ll ever need for smart design, buying, and installation decisions for your outdoor digs.

Extend your living space to the great outdoors with Landscaping Ideas that Work . Landscaping often involves the harmonious design of many disparate elements, which creates confusion and inertia for homeowners who are trying to decide not only what to do, but where to start. Landscaping Ideas that Work covers front, back, and side yards, and provides you with strategies for combining elements and creating spaces that work for you and your home; innovative ideas for transforming all aspects of your yard into inviting outdoor spaces; and designs for more sustainable landscapes and gardens.

Learn how to fully design your landscape as well as create:

  • Spaces that work
  • Open air rooms
  • Fences, walls, and hedges
  • Paths and walkways
  • Plantings
  • Details in the landscape

Landscape Ideas that Work offers you a practical guide to landscaping materials and design considerations as well as tips for working with professionals. So, get out there, soak in some vitamin D, and enjoy the cozy feeling of home even when you’re outside.

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Landscaping Ideas that Work

Landscaping Ideas that Work

by Julie Moir Messervy
Landscaping Ideas that Work

Landscaping Ideas that Work

by Julie Moir Messervy

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Overview

Out is in! In recent years, there’s been a boom in building and refurbishing outdoor rooms and spaces. More and more, homeowners, landscape designers, and builders are transforming backyards, side yards, and patios into comfortable, attractive, and usable living spaces that provide a beautiful setting and improve curb appeal. Landscaping Ideas that Work is the most comprehensive resource of inspired design ideas and practical solutions for all landscaping and outdoor living spaces. With practical design advice as well as over 350 innovative ideas and photographs, this is the only sourcebook you’ll ever need for smart design, buying, and installation decisions for your outdoor digs.

Extend your living space to the great outdoors with Landscaping Ideas that Work . Landscaping often involves the harmonious design of many disparate elements, which creates confusion and inertia for homeowners who are trying to decide not only what to do, but where to start. Landscaping Ideas that Work covers front, back, and side yards, and provides you with strategies for combining elements and creating spaces that work for you and your home; innovative ideas for transforming all aspects of your yard into inviting outdoor spaces; and designs for more sustainable landscapes and gardens.

Learn how to fully design your landscape as well as create:

  • Spaces that work
  • Open air rooms
  • Fences, walls, and hedges
  • Paths and walkways
  • Plantings
  • Details in the landscape

Landscape Ideas that Work offers you a practical guide to landscaping materials and design considerations as well as tips for working with professionals. So, get out there, soak in some vitamin D, and enjoy the cozy feeling of home even when you’re outside.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781600857805
Publisher: Taunton Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 01/07/2014
Pages: 224
Sales rank: 441,364
Product dimensions: 8.90(w) x 10.60(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Julie Moir Messervy's vision for composing landscape of beauty and meaning is furthering the evolution of landscape design and changing the way people create and enjoy their outdoor surroundings. With over three decades of experience, eight books (incuding Home Outside and Outside the Not So Big House with Sarah Susanka), and numerous high-profile lectures, Messervy is an innovative leader in landscape and garden design theory and practice. Her landscape architecture and design firm, JMMDS, is located in Saxtons River, Vermont.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Chapter 1: Designing Your Landscape
Chapter 2: Spaces That Work
Chapter 3: Open Air Rooms
Chapter 4: Fences, Walls & Hedges
Chapter 5: Paths & Walkways
Chapter 6: Plantings
Chapter 7: Details in the Landscape

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